Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2011
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| Library ID Code | Name | Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | Date |
Popu. (2000 Census) |
Area |
Popu. (2000 Census) |
Area |
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| 0800140240 | Angola Public Library | Angola/ Erie |
Buffalo & Erie County | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Angola; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than nine, with the current number being five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4/5/2011 | 2,266 | Public | Village | 2,266 | Public | Village |
| 1200040120 | Allegany Public Library | Allegany/ Cattaraugus |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/14/2011 | 1,883 | Public | Village | 1,883 | Public | Village |
| 1200043660 | Memorial Library of Little Valley | Little Valley/ Cattaraugus |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than nine, with the current number being five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 1,788 | Association | Town | 1,788 | Association | Town |
| 1200060290 | Ashville Free Library | Ashville/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven, with the current number being nine; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 2,521 | Association | Town | 2,521 | Association | Town |
| 1200063260 | James Prendergast Library Association | Jamestown | Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Absolute in the First Instance | New association library serving the residents of the City of Jamestown; the number of trustees shall be not less than seven nor more than twelve, with the current number being twelve; initially incorporated by special action of the Legislature pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Laws of 1880. | 5/17/2011 | 31,730 | Association | City | |||
| 1200063390 | Kennedy Free Library | Poland/ Chatauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commission of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process. | 10/18/2011 | 2,467 | Association | Town | 2,467 | Association | Town |
| 1200064050 | Alexander Findley Community Library | Findley Lake/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Provisional Charter Made Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 11/14/2011 | 1,176 | Association | Town | 1,176 | Association | Town |
| 1200066100 | Anderson-Lee Library | Silver Creek/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Forestville Central School District and the Silver Creek Central School District; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven, with the current number being seven; to change the length of the term of the trustees from five years to three years; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 7/18/2011 | 7,638 | Association | Town | 10,641 | Association | Other |
| 1200067030 | Patterson Library | Westfield/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Westfield and the Village of Westfield (which is wholly within the Town of Westfield); to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 5,232 | Association | Town | 5,232 | Association | Town |
| Friends of the Dunkirk Free Library | Dunkirk/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Certificate of Incorporation | Friends group incorporated to support the activities of the Dunkirk Free Library. | 3/7/2011 | |||||||
| 2000152070 | Elizabethtown Library Association | Elizabethtown/ Essex |
Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven, with the current number being six; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/13/2011 | 2,515 | Association | Other | 2,515 | Association | Other |
| 2000157145 | Wilmington E.M. Cooper Memorial Public Library | Wilmington/ Essex |
Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area of the library to be coterminous with the Town of Wilmington; and to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven, with the current number being five. | 1/11/2011 | 1,131 | Public | Town | 1,131 | Public | Town |
| 2400050330 | Seymour Public Library District | Auburn/ Cayuga |
Finger Lakes | Amendment and Provisional Charter Made Absolute | The provisional charter amended to enlarge the service area of the library to include that portion of the Town of Fleming located within the boundaries of the Auburn Enlarged City School District pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 310 of the Laws of 2010 and a public referendum held on October 5, 2010; and, as so amended, made absolute. | 11/14/2011 | 33,585 | Public | Special Legislative District | 35,367 | Public | Special Legislative District |
| 2400606880 | Waverly Free Library | Waverly/ Tioga |
Finger Lakes | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Village of Waverly; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4/5/2011 | 4,607 | Association | Other | 4,607 | Association | Village |
| 3200191150 | Catskill Public Library | Catskill/ Greene |
Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the coterminous with the Catskill Central School District; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 12,535 | Public | School District | 12,535 | Public | School District |
| 3200482455 | Alice Curtis Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library | Garrison/ Putnam |
Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Town of Philipstown excluding the Villages of Cold Spring and Nelsonville; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/2011 | 6,874 | Association | Other | 6,874 | Association | Other |
| 3600211870 | Dolgeville-Manheim Public Library | Dolgeville/ Herkimer |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Manheim and the Village of Dolgeville, including that portion of the Village of Dolgeville that lies within the Town of Salisbury; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being six; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/2011 | 3,171 | Public | Town | 3,172 | Public | Other |
| 3600414430 | New York Mills Public Library | New York Mills/ Oneida |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of New York Mills; to specify the number of trustees from five to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 3/7/2011 | 3,191 | Public | Village | 3,191 | Public | Village |
| 3600414830 | Oriskany Public Library | Oriskany/ Oneida |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Oriskany, to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3 language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/2011 | 1,459 | Public | Village | 1,459 | Public | Village |
| 4000173400 | Northville Public Library | Northville/ Fulton |
Mohawk Valley | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area of the library to be coterminous with the Northville Central School District; and to specify the trustees be elected by the qualified voters of the Northville Central School District. | 1/11/2011 | 3,047 | Public | School District | 3,047 | Public | School District |
| 4000272330 | Fort Hunter Free Library | Fort Hunter/ Montgomery |
Mohawk Valley | Amendment | Amended to to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 3/7/2011 | 3,755 | Association | Other | 3,755 | Association | Other |
| 4400280430 | Baldwin Public Library | Baldwin/ Nassau |
Nassau | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Baldwin Union Free School District; to specify the trustees be elected by the qualified voters of the Baldwin Union Free School District; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than nine, with the current number being nine; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 6/21/2011 | 32,396 | Public | School District | 32,396 | Public | School District |
| 4400280580 | Bellmore Memorial Library | Bellmore/ Nassau |
Nassau | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Bellmore Union Free School District; to specify that the trustees be elected by the qualified voters of the Bellmore Union Free School District; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 12,900 | Public | School District | 12,900 | Public | School District |
| 4400285700 | Bryant Library | Roslyn/ Nassau |
Nassau | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Roslyn Union Free School District; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven, with the current number being seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 18,221 | Association | School District | 18,221 | Association | School District |
| 5200181560 | Corfu Free Library | Corfu/ Genesee |
Nioga | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five. | 12/13/2011 | 4,530 | Association | Town | 4,530 | Association | Town |
| 5600225080 | Bodman Memorial Library | Philadelphia/ Jefferson |
North Country | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Philadelphia; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4/5/2011 | 2,140 | Association | Town | 2,140 | Association | Town |
| 5600467060 | Williamstown Library | Williamstown/ Oswego |
North Country | Provisional Charter Made Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 11/14/2011 | 1,350 | Public | Town | 1,350 | Public | Town |
| 5600513970 | Massena Public Library | Massena/ St. Lawrence |
North Country | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Massena; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4/5/2011 | 13,121 | Public | Town | 13,121 | Public | Town |
| 6000421760 | Dewitt Community Library Association | Dewitt/ Onondaga |
Onondaga County | Amendment | Amended to designate the library’s service area to be to be census tracts numbered 014600, 014700, 014800, 014900, and census blocks numbered 360670157009010, 360670157009011, 360670157009012, 360670157009013, 360670157009021, 360670157009022 360670157009023 according to the 2000 U.S. Census. | 6/21/2011 | 14,393 | Association | Other | 14,722 | Association | Other |
| 6000421020 | Maxwell Memorial Library | Camillus/ Onondaga |
Onondaga County | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being seven; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/13/2011 | 12,357 | Association | Other | 12,357 | Association | Other |
| 6000421970 | East Syracuse Free Library | East Syracuse/ Onondaga |
Onondaga County | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of East Syracuse; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/13/2011 | 3,178 | Association | Town | 3,178 | Association | Village |
| 6000426510 | Tully Free Library | Tully/ Onondaga |
Onondaga County | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Tully Central School District; and to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being nine. | 4/5/2011 | 6,067 | Association | School District | 6,067 | Association | School District |
| 6400436071 | Red Jacket Community Library | Shortsville/ Ontario |
Pioneer | Provisional Charter Made Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 5/17/2011 | 5,694 | Public | School District | 5,694 | Public | School District |
| 6400675130 | Pike Library | Pike/ Wyoming |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 1,086 | Association | Town | 1,086 | Public | Town |
| 7200442540 | Goshen Public Library and Historical Society | Goshen | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Goshen Central School District; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 7/18/2011 | 16,784 | Public | School District | 16,784 | Public | School District |
| 7200500700 | Blauvelt Free Library | Blauvelt/ Rockland |
Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than seven nor more than fifteen, with the current number being seven; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 5,207 | Association | Other | 5,207 | Association | Other |
| 7600204260 | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Lake Library | Long Lake / Hamilton | Southern Adirondack | Absolute in the First Instance | New public library serving the residents of the Long Lake Central School District; the number of trustees shall be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five. Succeeds the Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Lake Library, a public town library. | 12/13/2011 | 852 | Public | Town | 720 | Public | School District |
| 7600640270 | Argyle Free Library | Argyle/ Washington |
Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Town of Argyle; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven, with the current number being seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/13/2011 | 3,688 | Association | Town | 3,688 | Association | Town |
| 7600645820 | Bancroft Public Library | Salem/ Washington |
Southern Adirondack | Provisional Charter | New public library serving the residents of the Village of Salem; the number of trustees shall be five; initially incorporated by special act of the Legislature pursuant to Chapter 329 of the Laws of 1889. | 12/13/2011 | 964 | Public | Village | 964 | Public | Village |
| Foundation for Sothern Tier Libraries | Painted Post/ Steuben |
Southern Tier | Certificate of Incorporation | Foundation incorporated to promote, raise funds and support the long term vitality of the Southern Tier Library System for the benefit of its member libraries; and to raise funds to be made available to local libraries. | 10/18/2011 | |||||||
| 8400015470 | RCS Community Library | Ravena/ Albany |
Upper Hudson | Amendment | Amended to specify the trustee term length to be three years. | 3/7/2011 | 14,505 | Public | School District | 14,505 | Public | School District |
| 8400496630 | Valley Falls Free Library | Valley Falls/ Rensselaer |
Upper Hudson | Amendment | Amended to designate the library's service area to be coterminous with the Town of Pittstown and the Village of Valley Falls, which lies within the Towns of Pittstown and Schaghticoke. | 1/11/2011 | Association | Village | 5,705 | Association | Other | |
| 8800663190 | Irvington Public Library, Guiteau Foundation | Irvington/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Irvington; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/18/2011 | 6,631 | Public | Village | 6,631 | Public | Village |
| 8800664870 | Ossining Public Library | Ossining/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than nine, and to specify the trustees be elected by the qualified voters of the Ossining Union Free School District as currently occupied seats become vacant beginning in 2011 as follows: the two trustee seats that become vacant in 2011 shall be filled by election by the voting residents of the Ossining Union Free School District in 2011; the two trustees seats that become vacant in 2012 shall be filled by election by the voting residents of such school district in 2012, the the remaining three seats that become vacant in 2012 shall be filled by election of the voting residents of such school district in 2013; and thereafter, all seats shall be filled by election by the voting residents of such school district as they become vacant. | 2/8/2011 | 33,047 | Public | School District | 33,047 | Public | School District |
| 8800665910 | Scarsdale Public Library | Scarsdale/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Scarsdale; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4/5/2011 | 17,823 | Public | Village | 17,823 | Public | Village |
| 8800667245 | John C. Hart Memorial Library | Shrub Oak/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Town of Yorktown; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4/5/2011 | 36,318 | Public | Town | 36,318 | Public | Town |
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